These gluten-free cream puffs are just like the “gluten-filled”ones. Crispy on the outside and soft and airy on the inside, easy to make, delicious and can be filled with whipped cream, vanilla or chocolate cream filling or cannoli filling.

Simple to make, elegant dessert, the homemade gluten-free cream puffs or pate a choux are the perfect dessert anytime of the year. They might look and sound fancy, but homemade gluten-free cream puffs only use a few simple ingredients to make. An easy straightforward gluten-free recipe that works each and every time I make them. And they will work out each time you make them too if your stick to the recipe and follow the instructions.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED:

• Water
• Butter
• Gluten-Free Flour Blend
• Eggs

Get ready to enjoy cream puffs again! Cream puffs or profiterole is a French pastry made from a light and airy dough called pate a choux. A cream puff consists of an airy and hollow pastry shell filled with a cream whipped filling.

It is actually pretty easy to make your own gluten-free cream puffs that taste every bit as good as the “gluten version.” Let me show you how with the cream puff recipe below. Fill these pastries with whipped cream, pastry cream, cannoli filling and then dust with icing sugar.

Your family and friends will love you if you make these gluten-free cream puffs for them. A sweet treat for dessert! This gluten-free pastry is a paste made with gluten-free flour, water and butter are all cooked together on the stove. Once thick and into a dough you remove from heat and beat in one egg in at a time. You then use a small or regular size ice cream scoop to drop the dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake. That’s it!

HOW TO MAKE THE CREAM PUFFS:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
3. Add water and butter to a medium saucepan.
4. Heat on high and once butter is melted, boil for 2 minutes.
5. Remove from heat and add flour.
6. Use a spatula and quickly mix the flour in until you have a smooth batter.
7. Spoon the batter into a medium bowl.
8. Use a hand mixer and add one egg and beat well.
9. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each egg.
10. Dough should be shiny and smooth in the end.
11. Use a small or regular size ice cream scoop to drop dough onto the lined cookie sheet.
12. Bake for 17 minutes.
13. Shut off oven and let cream puffs sit inside oven for 5 minutes.
14. Remove and cool.
15. Once cool, cut in 1/2 and fill with a whipped cream filling. Serve!

Gluten-free cream puffs might seem intimated to make, but the recipe is actually easy enough for a novice baker. Cream puffs are light, crispy on the outside and pillowy, hollow on the inside-perfect to fill with a whipped cream. To make the pastry you cook the flour, water and butter in a medium saucepan until it forms a thick paste. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. That is all it is to making your own gluten-free cream puffs for your family.

The gluten-free cream puffs have become a tradition in our home during the holidays because everyone loves them. I make a simple vanilla whipped cream filling and it is definitely a family favourite.

You will want to add these gluten-free cream puffs to your dessert menu. An easy to make, delicious, family favourite cream puff recipe. Once you perfect the recipe, you will be able to try a variety of filling flavours. These gluten-free pastries are always a family and friend gathering favourite and versatile for any occasion. I always fill my gluten-free cream puffs with a vanilla whipped cream filling but you could easily switch the vanilla for bourbon, amaretto, rum or baileys.

HERE ARE MORE HOLIDAY RECIPES TO TRY:

• Chocolate Cake Roll
• Soft Gingersnaps
• Molasses Cookies
• Almond Butter Crunch
• Cinnamon Buns

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Gluten-Free Cream Puffs

These gluten-free cream puffs are light and crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside, easy to make, delicious and perfect for any occasion.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 17 minutes mins

Total Time 27 minutes mins

Course Dessert, holiday dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 21

Equipment

• 1 measuring cups and spoons
• 1 medium saucepan
• 1 ice cream scoop Small and regular
• 1 parchment paper
• 2 cookie sheets

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup gluten free flour blend
• 4 large eggs

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silpat.
• Add water and butter to a small saucepan.
• Heat on high, once better is melted and then boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add flour.
• Use a spatula and quickly mix the flour in until a smooth batter is formed.
• Spoon dough into a medium bowl.
• Use a hand mixer and add one egg and beat.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each egg.
• Dough should be shiny and smooth in the end.
• Use an ice cream scoop to drop dough onto lined cookie sheet.
• Bake for 17 minutes.
• Shut off oven and let cream puffs sit inside oven for 5 minutes.
• Remove and cool.
• Once cool slice in 1/2 and fill with whipped cream filling. Serve right away.

Keyword cream puffs, easy to make, elegant dessert, gluten-free cream puffs, gluten-free dessert, profiterole

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